At a glance, the whole world is golden. That is the color of ripe wheat, golden and bright, one crop after another, densely packed across the farmland.
The sickle in Du Jiang's hand flew up and down, bringing down a handful of wheat straw each time, and placing it behind his back. Du Jiang repeated the previous action again, over and over again, until the sound of the gong rang out at noon.
He slowly stood up with one hand supporting his stiff and sore waist. The sore feeling made Du Jiang grimace for a moment, and his facial expression was very rich.
Aunt Du, who was in the same group with her, burst into laughter. "Comrade Du, you've been here for so long and you still haven't gotten used to it. Hahahaha."
Facing Auntie Du's teasing, Du Jiang waved his hands helplessly, "Auntie, I've only been here for a few days. You haven't gotten used to it in your whole life, let alone me."
The seemingly teasing words made Aunt Du laugh. She couldn't refute nor refute, so she could only laugh and vaguely pass it by. When Du Jiang turned and walked towards the end of the field, she muttered, "This Du Zhiqing seems to be thin-skinned and not easy to talk to."
Aunt Cui, the village head's wife, spat in anger, "Don't even mention that she's just a little girl. Just tell me if you can handle it. Besides, Du Zhiqing has only been here a few days, and he's already doing such a great job without dragging your group down. And you're still teasing him? Tian Gan is so irritable, he's not going to fight you, but you're expecting him to turn the other cheek and fight you."
Aunt Du glanced at Aunt Cui sideways. Since she was the village chief's wife, she didn't dare to retort and could only smile apologetically. However, she was still mumbling something. Although Aunt Cui couldn't hear her, it was definitely not a good thing.
Aunt Cui glanced at Aunt Du, shook her head, and turned away.
When the other people who had been watching the show saw Aunt Cui leave, they knew that the fight would not break up, so they followed her and left.
The most important thing in the world is eating. After working hard for a whole morning, everyone is exhausted and just wants to go home and scoop up a bucket of well water to cool off.
Du Jiang was completely unaware of what was happening behind her with Aunt Du and Aunt Cui. She was standing in front of the scorer's desk registering work points. Looking at the three points on it, Du Jiang sighed depressedly, then thanked them and turned to walk towards the educated youth who were waiting for her under the shade of the tree.
As Du Jiang approached, Qian Meili couldn't help but ask, "How is it?"
Du Jiang was tired and thirsty, and had no strength to speak. He just stretched out his hand and made a three gesture.
Seeing this, Qian Meili also sighed. As for the other five male educated youth, they all looked tired. After the two finished talking, He Jiefang, who wore glasses and looked bookish, couldn't help but say, "Classmate Du, Classmate Qian, let's go back first. I'm almost starving."
Qian Meili rolled her eyes in annoyance, "Then why don't you leave first?"
He Jiefang pushed his glasses on his nose awkwardly, unable to refute what was said.
In the end, it was Huo Yang, the leader of the educated youth group, who spoke up to end this groundless disagreement. "Everyone, go back. Qian, you and Du will cook together. I'll take them to the mountains to collect firewood."
Huo Yang was very tall among the educated youth, nearly 1.9 meters tall, like a small mountain. He was particularly conspicuous not only in the educated youth site but also in the village. However, Huo Yang had a cold personality and rarely spoke, but every time he spoke, his words were concise and to the point. Perhaps it was because of his height or the aura of majesty that made him look so powerful without being angry, so he was immediately promoted to the leader of the educated youth site after arriving at the educated youth site.
Therefore, everyone was still very convinced of Huo Yang's words. He Jiefang, who had some objections at the time, did not dare to say anything. Xu Zhizhou and others had no objections at all. They were mainly tired and hungry and had no ability to think. They could only nod in agreement with Huo Yang's words.
However, even though they went up the mountain, Huo Yang did not immediately separate from Qian Meili, Du Jiang and the others. Instead, he sent the two back to the educated youth site before leaving with the others. Although He Jiefang was reluctant and wanted to stay and rest, he backed down after a look from Huo Yang.
After they left, Qian Meili tutted her tongue, "He Jiefang is such a coward! If he had argued with me in person, I would have respected him even more."
Du Jiang shook his head and walked into the house as he spoke. There were three main rooms. The middle one was used as a living room for eating and reading. The two side rooms on the east and west sides were dormitories for boys and girls. The kitchen was even simpler. It was made of a few wooden sticks and was built against the wall of the east wing. After entering the house, Du Jiang walked towards the west wing. The west wing was much smaller than the east wing, but there was nothing she could do because there were more male educated youths than her and Qian Meili.
As soon as Du Jiang entered the house, he took two teacups from the table against the wall at the door and walked out.
In the yard, Qian Meili had already lit the fire and boiled water. Seeing this, Du Jiang quickly stepped forward and placed the teacup on the empty space against the wall of the stove. Then he took Qian Meili's place and sat in front of the stove.
Summer is different from winter. Sitting in front of the stove is simply a torture. Du Jiang's face was wet with sweat in a short while. Although she looked embarrassed, she had a touch of messy beauty. Du Jiang's facial features were not particularly surprising, but she was also a beautiful lady. She looked very ordinary in the past, the kind that would be inconspicuous in the crowd. However, Du Jiang's skin was very white, the kind that would not be tanned, as white as milk without a trace of impurities.
Looking at the beads of sweat on Du Jiang's forehead, Qian Meili coughed a few times and said embarrassedly, "Well, Du Jiang, do you want me to switch with you?"
"No need," Du Jiang continued to add a piece of firewood without raising his head, "I'll go into the house to get the thermos." As he said that, he stood up and took the thermos from the long table in the main room. He filled the thermos and teacup with water with a ladle, and then scooped a few scoops of cold water from the water tank and poured them in. After covering the wooden lid on top, Du Jiang sat under the stove again.
Du Jiang's movements were swift, and Qian Meili was no less impressive. The dough formed into balls in her palms. Although Du Jiang was stoking the fire, she was still paying attention to Qian Meili's movements. She immediately stood up again and put the comb on. "That's it."
"I'll make the dumplings. You go wash some wild vegetables we dug yesterday and make wild vegetable and egg soup today," Qian Meili instructed Du Jiang, without stopping her hands, and quickly placed the dumplings on the grate.
Looking at the holes that had fallen on the grate, Du Jiang stood up and walked out. There was a basket on the windowsill outside the west wing. The wild vegetables in it were a little wilted by the sun, and the dirt on the roots had not been cleaned. Du Jiang reached out and took the basket and took it to the kitchen door. He then took the wooden basin from the stove behind the stove and began to wash the wild vegetables.
I changed the water three times before cleaning it, then chopped the wild vegetables and put them in a wooden basin for later use.
After everything was ready, Du Jiang licked his cracked lips and sat back in front of the stove, boiling water while drinking from the teacup.
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